Fails the Bechdel test

Eddie the Eagle

Name: Eddie the Eagle
Released: 2016

2016. Directed by Dexter Fletcher, written by Simon Kelton and Sean Macaulay.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 1 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story inspired by true events, about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself--even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. From producers of Kingsman: The Secret Service, Eddie the Eagle stars Taron Egerton as Eddie, the loveable underdog with a never say die attitude.

Released: 26 Feb 2016
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.3 / 10
Metascore: 54 / 100
Awards: 2 wins & 10 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Eddie 259 lines, man
Peary 186 lines, man
Terry 42 lines, man
Janette 28 lines, woman
Ron Pickering 27 lines, man
Target 25 lines, man
Swedish Coach 13 lines, man
Nykanen 10 lines, man
Julie 8 lines
Florian 6 lines

Full cast, 29 people

Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards
Hugh Jackman as Bronson Peary
Christopher Walken as Warren Sharp
Ania Sowinski as Carrie
Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Erik Moberg
Iris Berben as Petra
Tom Costello as Eddie (10 years old)
Jo Hartley as Janette
Keith Allen as Terry
Dickon Tolson as UK Doctor
Jack Costello as Eddie (15 years old)
Mark Benton as Richmond the BOA Official
Tim McInnerny as Dustin Target
Edvin Endre as Matti Nykänen
Marc Benjamin as Lars Holbin
Rune Temte as Bjørn the Norwegian Coach
Carlton Bunce as Old Jumper
Joachim Raaf as Oberstdorf Jumping Marshal
Sean Jackson as Outfitter
Daniel Ings as Zach
Jim Broadbent as BBC Commentator
Matt Rippy as US Anchorman
Graham Fletcher-Cook as Appleby
Matthew Brandon as Canadian Ski Jumper (uncredited)
Jozef Aoki as Calgary Press (uncredited)
Anthony Chisholm as Photograper (uncredited)
Aria DeMaris as Skiier (uncredited)
Jessica Allain as British Olympian (uncredited)
Daz Black as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 203

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	4	11
6 to 10	1	10
11 to 15	0	3
16 to 20	1	9
21 to 25	3	5
26 to 30	1	4
31 to 35	0	11
36 to 40	1	16
41 to 45	0	10
46 to 50	7	22
51 to 55	0	4
56 to 60	0	61
61 to 65	0	48
66 to 70	0	32
71 to 75	0	20
76 to 80	0	15
81 to 85	0	25
86 to 90	5	6
91 to 95	0	14
96 to 100	0	13
101 to 105	0	2
106 to 110	0	9
111 to 115	0	24
116 to 120	0	6
121 to 125	0	5
126 to 130	0	7
131 to 135	0	16
136 to 140	0	16
141 to 145	0	10
146 to 150	0	27
151 to 155	1	10
156 to 160	0	8
161 to 165	1	1
166 to 170	12	7
171 to 175	0	17
176 to 180	0	5
181 to 185	4	22
186 to 190	0	9
191 to 195	0	20
196 to 200	0	29
201 to 203	0	20

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 6 are women's.

41 lines from women, 609 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 21 men in the cast. 1 women and 20 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 705. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 222 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 5% of the words (310), men 95% (5,868). Women have 6% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Dexter Fletcher (man)
Written by: Simon Kelton (man), Sean Macaulay (gender not listed)
Produced by: Rupert Maconick (man), Valerie Van Galder (gender not listed), Matthew Vaughn (man), David Reid (man), Adam Bohling (man)
Shot by: George Richmond (man)
Edited by: Martin Walsh (man)
Music by: Matthew Margeson (man)
Production design by: Mike Gunn (man)
Costumes by: Annie Hardinge (woman)
Cast by: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton (man)